Chino Bandido

Great food. Friendly staff. This place is a hidden gem tucked away. Reasonably priced and well worth the the trip.
Mar 5th, 2017

please come back. i'll come every week i promise
Oct 23rd, 2015

I came here on a saturday night and sadly I came at a really bad time, a really large group came right before I did...So i was left waiting for my food for at least 40 minutes! They however tried to make it up to me by giving me extra cookies..sadly I wasnt very interested in dessert...I expected the food to have been more fusion-y but I was not disappointed as they managed to combine elements of american chinese food and mexican food very well! The food was very well seasoned, I recall getting the emerald chicken which was a tad bit too salty but otherwise the meal was very satisfying...not including the wait time i endured.
Dec 13th, 2014

I tried Chandler today and was a little underwhelmed. The dining room is certainly nice, airy and clean. Food prep here has a cafeteria-style appearance and the counter person didn't encourage sampling--which really impacted our satisfaction. I combined Jade Chicken with Chili Relleno and Jerk Fried Rice and here are my impressions. The Jade Chicken is just common breaded-and-deep-fried Orange Chicken. I had it in my head that it was a healthier, more interesting stir-fry. It's my fault that I didn't read the description better. Good but boring....sorry but it was just unspecial. Chili Relleno was a huge affair--more like a Gigantic Jalapeno popper that was filled with a Mexican cheese mixture that just ran out all over the plate when I tackled the work with the incapablly small-and-bendy little plastic knife. And the whole thing was deep-fried so strike two for healthy eating for me. But the crusty breading on the Relleno/popper was awesome--it was uniquely interesting and crunchy. Jerk Fried Rice--meh...kind of bland. My dining partner ordered Beef Machaca,Pork Carnitas, and refried beans. Machaca was "good" and the flavor was good but the lack of tomatoes and onions was a little disapppointing but the flavor was "deelicious. Now the Pork Carnitas were a different story. Big disapppointment. Bland. Didn't taste good. Almost everywhere else has better-tasting carnitas with better flavor and texture. They were much more like watery pulled pork. Sampling would have been a big help here. We could have made much better choices. The refried beans were delicious! But she got, like a Pint of them for her medium-sized plate. We will take them home and make some crazy good nachos with them. I summarize that the northern location is better overall. I have a suspicion that the owners have watered down their recipes for this Chandler location to be more appealing to the Gringos around here, But this Gringo likes his food more flavorful and more colorful. Overall Grade: C
Dec 8th, 2014

It was just OK. Nothing spectacular. I was the girl from the last reviewer who had the bland pork carnitas.
Nov 19th, 2014